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BB20a - Area of sealed habitat loss (BH4a)

 
FieldDescriptionValidated Entry
[ProgrammeName]Name of monitoring programme.Area of sealed habitat loss (BH4a)
[ProgrammeDescription]Description of the monitoring programme.The indicator aims to estimate the extent and proportion of benthic habitat types that are lost as a result of sealed habitat loss. Sealed habitat loss occurs due to the placement of offshore structures, e.g. wind turbine foundations, energy platforms and pipelines. The parameter assessed includes the actual spatial extent of structures, or a buffer giving an estimate of the footprint of habitat loss. 
[OtherPoliciesConventions]Monitoring for other Union legislation or international agreements that contributes to the programme.

OSP-CEMP

[Contracting Parties monitoring]Provide a list of countries involved in the programme (from List ‘CountryCode’).

BE, DE, DK, FR, IE, NL, SE, UK

[Contracting Parties implementing]Indicate the degree of cooperation among countries within the same (sub)region for this monitoring programme.Coordinated data collection (delivered separately by each country)
[Contracting Parties supplying data]Indicate the degree of cooperation among countries within the same (sub)region for this monitoring programme.BE, DE, DK, FR, IE, NL, SE, UK
[Contracting Parties with an "opt out"] NO
[TemporalScope]Start (and end) date of the programme.2024-9999
[SpatialScope]Spatial coverage of the programme according to the jurisdictional zones of marine waters.Territorial waters, EEZ (or similar, e.g. Contiguous Zone, Fishing Zone, Ecological Protection Zone)
[MarineReportingUnit]Area(s) where the programme takes place.

marineSubregion, marineSubdivision

[RegionalAssessmentArea]Area of the marine region or subregion where the assessment was originally undertaken and for which the assessment results have been used to apply to the national MRU.Region II (except Norwegian waters), Region III

[Monitoring Purpose]

Purpose of the programme aimed at collecting data and information.

Environmental state and impacts, Pressures in the marine environment

[MonitoringType]Type of monitoring (in-situ, remote sensing, etc.).

Other (monitoring already in place from different sources)

[Indicator Metric]Feature(s) monitored (ecosystem components, pressures, activities).

HabBenAll

[Element]Element(s) monitored (e.g. species, habitats, contaminants).

Circalittoral coarse sediment, Circalittoral mixed sediment, Circalittoral mud, Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef, Circalittoral sand, Infralittoral coarse sediment, Infralittoral mixed sediment, Infralittoral mud, Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef, Infralittoral sand, Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment, Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment, Offshore circalittoral mud, Offshore circalittoral rock and biogenic, Offshore circalittoral sand, Upper bathyal rock and biogenic reef, Upper bathyal sediment, Deep-sea sponge aggregations, Intertidal Mytilus edulis beds on mixed and sandy sediments, Littoral chalk communities, Lophelia pertusa reefs, Maerl beds, Modiolus modiolus horse mussel beds, Ostrea edulis beds, Sabellaria spinulosa reefs, Sea-pen and burrowing megafauna communities, Zostera beds

[Element Monitored] Physical loss
[Parameter Measured]Parameter(s) monitored.EXT
[MonitoringMethod]Guidelines/protocols describing the method for monitoring.OTH
[MonitoringMethodOther]Guidelines/protocols describing the method for monitoring.

https://www.ospar.org/documents?v=57747

[Quality Assurance Procedures in Place]In addition to a specified method, is there any additional Quality Assurance used? 
[QualityControl]What type of Quality Control is used?

QC procedures for the production of modelled maps

[MonitoringFrequency]Frequency of the monitoring

Yearly

[RelatedIndicator]Enter as many indicator codes as necessary (as reported by MS under the schema ‘Indicators’ used in the 2018 update of Articles 8 and 10). (This field needs splitting as includes criterion and indicator)

BH4a

[DataAccess]Link to where monitoring data can be accessed (Art. 19(3)

https://odims.ospar.org/
https://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.euhttps://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities/
https://emodnet.ec.europa.eu/en/human-activities/

[Data Custodian] OSPAR, European Commission
[Assessment Guidelines] https://www.ospar.org/documents?v=57747
[Assessment tools available]  
[Nature of data] Product
BB20a - Area of sealed habitat loss (BH4a)